Sproul Plaza looks nice when there is no litter

On our Sunday group trash n talk n litter pick, it was a magnificent group of 7 of us, on the Campus of UC Berkeley, Sproul Plaza looks so nice on a sunny Sunday when there are no flyers, food containers, cups etc. . .  It was very heartening to look back on the square after it was cleaned up by the Magnificent 7....such a nice environment makes one think of what is possible, and what can be done with just a little effort, AND a lotta fun !

So here's the podcast with music, accents, zippers, dancing students, trick picks, angry birds, a mysterious garage, news highlights from berkeley's own la cascada, a lotta laughs and, oh yea, tons of trash talk. check it out...japanese translation (you'll know what we mean if you've heard the 'cast) to be posted soon, and thanks again to dan-o for the free tunes...

oh, and there's no forgetting this!!!! hats off to yamatozer!!



thank you, keep it up talkin trash talkin anything, just keep talkin' walkin pickin...

Berkeley (cigarette) butt pick event 1/29!

Hello fellow trash pickers and clean street lovers! Join us tomorrow for a trash pick event starting off at the corner of Telegraph and Bancroft Avenues right at the entrance to UC Berkeley. We'll try to take care of the damage from some of last night's parties and shake a few hands, exchange a few smiles along the way. Check out this cool flyer from Yamato, and cast your vote below for what you think will be the most common item found on the pick!



What will be the most common item found on the Jan. 29 Berkeley trash pick-up?

1. pink and green plastic spoons from yogurt shops
2. Starbucks cup lids
3. dirty diapers
4. yesterday's Daily Cal newspaper
5. red plastic cups
6. wet kleenex & other assorted tissue-like substances
7. mostly empty plastic take-out food containers
8. talkin' trash with ray & dave 1/29 butt pick event flyers strewn all over the place
9. cigarette butts--duh
10. [YOUR WRITE-IN CANDIDATE] _______________________

An interesting mountain of SOMETHING

january 25, 2012

An interesting mountain of SOMETHING on the streets of japantown san francisco

This morning around 8 15 am, I saw a newspaper laying on the store front near Tanpopo. Upon approach, i couldn't help but noticed a small mountain of substantial substance, very similar to human fecal matter laying on top of the newspaper. There were other items of trash nearby, some food wrappers, napkins, and such....My first thought was to get the hell out of there! I did.
But.
As i stood at the end of Osaka Way near Benkyodo on the corner, under the Torii, I looked back, and saw how clean the area was, except for that ONE area near Tanpopo.
I couldn't imagine people visiting japantown for this first time, and whilst enjoying the experience, happen upon something unsavory, unsettling, and appetite-depleting, which would be the memory they would carry with them home to Lincoln, Nebraska or Helsinki, and tell this to all their facebook friends about what a shitty place Japantown, San Francisco is.
I couldn't bear it. So, guess what I did.....any ideas?

A CONVERSATION at SUSIE's CAFE turns PODCASTY

Hello to the TALKIN' TRASH with raY & dAve lovable loyal listeners...

our January 2012 numero uno podcast is ready for listen...it's in a kind of 'eavesdroppin' easy listenin' style...

don't be alarmed...just sit back & enjoy these two dudes talkin' trash like they always do...without the pretense that they are actually doing a podcast...it's kinda cool, in a very unedited and natural way...as if you were talking to your own friends, about your plans to clean up your cities and help to make the world we live in a better place.

with open minds, enjoy the 32 minutes of eavesdroppin' pleasure...

oh, and let us know what you think.

muchas gracias everybody !

keep pickin it up, keep bloggin, keep tweetin' keep lovin' you for pickin up one peace o trash off the street each day each night

g'night for now...

ray y dave

                      

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China Basin trash pick-up Jan. 7

 Here at talkin' trash headquarters, we hope everyone's had a super start to the new year. Unfortunately, despite our best efforts last year, there has been a fair amount of trash on the streets in the first 4 days of 2012. And the steam-cleaning Department of Public Works in San Francisco is probably not going to get it all cleaned up in preparation for this year's Chinese New Year parade. So it looks like we have work to do again this year.

This Saturday, January 7, from 10-12, we were planning to join the Sea Scavenger Conservancy for their once-a-month industrial shoreline cleanup, where they get a bunch of volunteers together just south of AT&T park in San Francisco to "help stop shoreline plastic from becoming ocean plastic".

But, guess what? Found out that's happening January 14th--and all of their pick-ups will be on the SECOND Saturday of each month. We'll try again next week.

SO, in the meantime, we'll plan to work the streets around the Caltrain station, AT&T park, and China Basin, and hopefully pick up some of the plastic that might make its way into the bay anyway. Come join us everyone!

What: Walkin' talkin' neighborhood trash pick-up & podcast

Who: Anyone & everyone

When: 10 am - 12 noon, Saturday Dec. 7

Where: In front of the Caltrain Station, 4th St. btwn King & Townsend

Bring: A friend. Walkin' shoes. Gloves. A trash picker if you've got one

Want more info? Email Ray & Dave at pickitupsf AT gmail dot com

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